Haryana violence: Around 45 commercial shops in Nuh district demolished over illegal construction| Watch

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Around 45 shops on Nalhar Medical Road in Nuh district are being demolished for alleged illegal construction. The District Town Planner of Nuh district told ANI that all these commercial shops were built without permission and are illegal. Earlier on Friday, officials bulldozed around 250 shanties on encroached government land in Taru town and areas adjoining Nuh district, reported PTI.

Reportedly, most of the demolished land was on the way to the Nalhar Shiv temple, where violence broke out during a Vishwa Hindu Parishad procession. The state government officials said that the demolition drive resulted in five acres of forest land behind Nalhar Shiv Temple being freed from encroachments, while six acres of forest land in Punhana, one acre in Dhobi Ghat and two acres in Nangal Mubarikpur were freed from encroachments. Outgoing Nuh Deputy Commissioner Panwar told PTI that the demolition drive against illegal structures was carried out on the orders of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Panwar also denied any link between the recent violence in the state and the demolition drive. Meanwhile, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij hinted at bulldozer being part of the treatment during a press conference in Chandigarh, he said, "Ilaj mein bulldozer bhi ek karavayi hai" The Haryana minister while speaking to reporters in Ambala said "I want to assure you that anyone involved in the violence won't be spared…It is a big gameplan… every person had a lathi in his hand. Were these being distributed for free? Someone must have arranged these.